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What (who) is MANDARIN - definition
mandarin
(mandarins)
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Journalists sometimes use mandarin to refer to someone who has an important job in the Civil Service. (BRIT)
...Foreign Office mandarins.
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Mandarin is the official language of China.
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A mandarin or a mandarin orange is a small orange whose skin comes off easily.
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A mandarin was, in former times, an important government official in China.
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mandarin
mandarin1 ['mand(?)r?n]
¦ noun
1. (Mandarin) the standard literary and official form of Chinese.
2. an official in any of the nine top grades of the former imperial Chinese civil service.
3. porcelain decorated with figures representing Chinese mandarins.
4. a powerful official or senior bureaucrat.
Derivatives
mandarinate noun
Origin
C16: from Port. mandarim, via Malay from Hindi mantri 'counsellor'.
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mandarin2 ['mand(?)r?n]
(also mandarine -ri:n)
¦ noun
1. a small flattish citrus fruit with a loose yellow-orange skin.
2. the citrus tree that yields mandarins. [Citrus reticulata.]
Origin
C18: from Fr. mandarine; perh. related to mandarin1, the colour of the fruit being likened to the official's yellow robes.
Mandarin
·noun A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.
II. Mandarin ·noun A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine --.
Examples of use of MANDARIN
1. In Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese with subtitles.
2. "Taikong" is the Mandarin Chinese word for outerspace.
3. Lindsey Graham, R–S.C., at the tony Mandarin Oriental hotel.
4. In Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese with subtitles. – D.S.
5. Ma, whose mother tongue is Mandarin, speaks fluent English.